Ahead of the highly-anticipated return of Game Of Thrones to our screens, we’ve charted in pictures how the surviving characters have changed since season one.

Tyrion Lannister, Arya Stark, Littlefinger; these are just some of the victors who have survived across six seasons of Game Of Thrones. In some cases (Hodor), we’re not entirely sure how, and with others it hasn’t come without cost – whether through broken bones, blindness or severed penises.

But if you try and squint at the bright side, at least they’re still alive to keep us entertained. So here’s how the main characters in Game Of Thrones have changed (or not, in the case of Petyr Baelish) before our very eyes.